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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
Hey not saying his defensive coaching game is perfect but he's doing the right thing with Hamilton. Easing his ice time to fifth and giving him the most sheltered minutes. Hamilton hasn't shown he deserves anything more ice time and certainly hasn't fought for more minutes.
He's got potential but let's not pretend he's been anything short of average to awful in his short tenure with the Flames. Calling him the second best d-man so far on the year is so out of reality. He's been 4th best at the very best and IMO him and Russell are pretty close this season with Wideman obviously being the worst of the bunch.
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He has been much better than awful and I will say that much of him being the 2nd best is based on how awful the other guys have been not because he has been awesome.
I would say this year I would give guys grades out of ten:
Brodie-8, Hamilton and Engelland- 5, Gio and Russell-2.5, Wideman- 1.
So it isn't like I think Hamilton has been awesome this year just not as bad as the other 3 and Engelland is a bottom pairing guy limited by what he can do.